Washington, D.C., January 12, 2007 - The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) announced today that Carol A. Aschenbrener, M.D., is being promoted to executive vice president of the association. In this role, Dr. Aschenbrener will assume new responsibilities for directing the internal operations of the AAMC, while continuing to lead its division of medical education. Richard M. Knapp, Ph.D., continues to serve as executive vice president of the association with responsibility for advocacy and public policy.

"The AAMC is truly fortunate to have a leader of Carol's caliber on our staff. I am confident that her consummate skills in organizational development, her knowledge of the AAMC and our members, her superb communications abilities, her collegiality, and her expertise in teams-based work will help guide our very talented organization to even higher levels of performance," said AAMC President Darrell G. Kirch, M.D.

Dr. Aschenbrener joined the AAMC as the co-secretariat of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) in April 2004 after an extensive career in academic medicine as an educator, executive, and organizational consultant and executive coach. A member of the LCME from 1986 to 1992, Dr. Aschenbrener served as a member of the National Board of Medical Examiners for 15 years, including serving as chair of the entire board and of the Composite Committee (which oversees the United States Medical Licensing Examination). Dr. Aschenbrener assumed the leadership of the AAMC Division of Medical Education in July 2006.

Dr. Aschenbrener earned her medical degree from the school of medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and completed her residency training in pathology at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Following her residency she joined the faculty at Iowa, where she served for almost two decades as professor, associate dean for student affairs and curriculum, and ultimately as executive associate dean of medicine. Dr. Aschenbrener left Iowa to serve as chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center from 1992 to 1996.

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